The vice president also sought prayers for Rep. Steve Scalise and a Capitol Police officer who was shot Wednesday while defending Scalise and Republican colleagues from a shooter as they practiced for an annual charity baseball game Thursday night. Politico reported Thursday that a lobbyist for Tyson Foods who was also shot Wednesday, Matt Mika, remains in critical condition and will require additional surgeries, his family said Thursday.

Scalise represents a conservative district in Louisiana.

Mr Trump described his move as an effort to ramp up pressure to create a "free Cuba" after more than half a century of communism.

Scalise praised Trump for announcing on June 1 that the United States would pull out of the Paris climate change agreement.

Henry Waxman is a Democrat and a former Congressman. He once served with Scalise on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

"Right now the country is more divided in their political ideology than any other demographic or characteristic, and yesterday it showed", said Holly Spease, a Republican spectator from Tennessee, who wore a T-shirt with an elephant on it. For Waxman, his grandchildren. The two would show off photographs of "their kids" on the floor of the House of Representatives, Waxman said.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said in a brief interview that Democrats would be reminded of "positions they've taken in the past that are not consistent with their voice for bipartisanship today". "It's about Republicans and Democrats".

"Verbal attacks" and divisions have reached "unhealthy levels in government", he added.

Cedric Richmond is another Louisiana congressman. He considers Scalise a close friend.

"Don't get me wrong", Richmond said. "But he's a great fighter and he's going to be ok, we hope". "But when we're done fighting about the issues we try to find ways we can work together".

The team of Democrats and Republicans holds an annual softball game against female journalists.

The business of the House is resuming a day after a rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game. Bailey was one of two officers injured in the shooting.

President Donald Trump shared a message Thursday night prior to the Congressional Baseball game at Nationals Park, saying the fact that the game was still being played was sending a message to the world "that we will not be intimidated by threats, acts of violence, or assaults on our democracy".

If Scalise did not suffer nerve damage and his recovery continues without any complications, "it is possible that within three months or so, he can.be back on his feet", said Dr. Alex Jahangir, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who was not involved in Scalise's care. George Grow was the editor.

Manchester City are in the market for a new right-back after Pablo Zabaleta left the club to join West Ham this summer. Pep Guardiola looks set to be reunited with Dani Alves because the Brazilian is on the brink of leaving Juventus.

That legislative vision appeared to sway some on-the-fence members who could prove critical to cobbling together 50 GOP votes. We can and must do better than ObamaCare, but we should do it in a way that protects the most vulnerable in our society.

Facing the unseeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in the French Open final, Halep took the first set and led 3-0 in the second. But again, when I enter the court, I enjoy it and I appreciate to be in the final of Grand Slam here in French Open .

But when Garrett practiced, his tremendous potential turned heads. "A guy who's just ready to play", Ogunjobi said. Patra pointed out Garrett also sustained a high-ankle sprain during his last season with the Texas A&M Aggies.

These statistics only include numbers taken from Rassmussen polls, which tend to lean in favor of conservatives. Last week the same poll taken showed the president at 46 percent approval and 54 percent disapproval.

The New York Knicks appear to be primed to head in a much younger direction after yet another disappointing season in 2016-17. At least that's what his agent, former National Basketball Association player B.J.

As the leader of ISIS , which has seized and lost swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria , he earned a reputation for brutality. Baghdadi - a nom de guerre rather than his real name - is believed to have been born in Samarra, north of Baghdad, in 1971.

Streets in the center of the Afghan capital were closed on June 3 as the authorities tried to prevent a repeat of the violence. A small group of protesters remained near the blast site in the center of town, sheltering from the sun in open tents.

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